thumb|Filming a disaster scene at [[Wilshire Boulevard|Wilshire and Hope in Los Angeles, California]]

In the history of motion pictures in the United States, many films have been set in Los Angeles, either in the Los Angeles metropolitan area or a fictionalized version thereof.

The following is a list of some of the more memorable films set in Los Angeles, however the list includes a number of films which only have a tenuous connection to the city. The list is sorted by the year the film was released.

1920s

  • Souls for Sale (1923)
  • Sherlock Jr. (1924)
  • Show People (1928)
  • The Studio Murder Mystery (1929)

1930s

1940s

1950s

thumb|The actual painted [[Sunset Boulevard|boulevard name was used as the opening titles of the classic film-noir drama, Sunset Boulevard]]

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

  • A Star Is Born
  • Den of Thieves
  • Destroyer
  • Followed
  • The Happytime Murders
  • Peppermint
  • Poor Greg Drowning
  • Billionaire Boys Club
  • The Kissing Booth
  • Mid90s
  • Electric Love
  • Under The Silver Lake

2019

  • 1BR
  • Acceleration
  • Booksmart
  • Captain Marvel
  • The Drone
  • The Fanatic
  • Ford v Ferrari
  • Madness in the Method
  • Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
  • Rocketman
  • Spies in Disguise
  • Stuber
  • Yesterday

2020s

2020

  • The Banker
  • Birds of Prey
  • Kajillionaire
  • Like a Boss
  • Onward
  • Scoob!
  • Songbird
  • The Tax Collector
  • Tenet
  • The Way Back

2021

  • Bliss
  • Dear Evan Hansen
  • F9
  • The Forever Purge
  • Free Guy
  • Licorice Pizza
  • The Little Things
  • Mortal Kombat
  • Space Jam: A New Legacy
  • How It Ends

2022

  • Ambulance
  • Babylon
  • The Bad Guys
  • Blonde
  • Bullet Train
  • Day Shift
  • Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
  • Don't Worry Darling
  • Everything Everywhere All at Once
  • The Fabelmans
  • Jackass Forever
  • Moonfall
  • Nope
  • Scream
  • Top Gun: Maverick
  • The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent

2023

  • 80 for Brady
  • Air
  • Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
  • Barbie
  • Creed III
  • Evil Dead Rise
  • Fast X
  • House Party
  • M3GAN
  • Missing
  • Oppenheimer
  • Poolman
  • Transformers: Rise of the Beasts

2024

  • Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
  • Goodrich
  • Lights Out
  • MaXXXine
  • Mother of the Bride
  • Night Swim
  • Poolman
  • The Substance
  • Thelma

2025

  • Borderline
  • Jimmy and Stiggs
  • Karate Kid: Legends
  • One of Them Days
  • The Bad Guys 2

Los Angeles destroyed in films

Anime

  • Pet Shop of Horrors (1999)
  • Death Note (2006-2007)
  • Heroman (2010)
  • Harukana Receive (2018)
  • Mutafukaz (2018)

Los Angeles Set in Animation

See also

  • List of television shows set in Los Angeles
  • Lists of films based on location
  • Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003), a documentary about the representation of Los Angeles on film

References